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- 131: Why Aol Sux
- ... are condemned to use badly written AOL software to read and send email and to browse the Web. For a service that is still more expensive t han its competition, is the sacrifice worth it? Censorship on AOL The Internet is a place of free speech, where one can discuss any topic without fear of censorship or retalliation. This is not the case on AOL. Staff known as "Guides" regularly patrol the service, looking for members violating the Terms of Service, making use of AOL internal policy including its list of ... it shut down. So, he sent an email message threatening litigation to both this site's author and his Internet provider. When Mitchell's demands went unmet, and the Internet community protested AOL's attempted censorship, an AOL vice president apologized and Mitchell offered this site's author a job at the company. America Online - Your Security America Online's service, designed originally to handle about 30,000 users, is ...
- 132: The First Amendment: Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace
- ... within the book. Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace addresses the legal issues and ethical debates surrounding the worldwide growth of the Internet. The same qualities that make these networks invaluable--low cost worldwide reach, lack of censorship, interactivity, virtual anonymity, and the ability to carry huge amounts of data, text, images, and sounds--also makes them dangerous. The pressure on the government to regulate the Internet is tremendous, and the implications of ... present their philosophy it through the entirety of the book. They believe that the First Amendment has been interpreted to say that people will not make content based distinctions of speech; there should be no censorship; the cure for bad speech is to overwhelm it with good speech, but not to silence it. They argue that the material being ruled or legislated on would be First Amendment protected if disseminated in ... a corporate writer. Both of these men are well versed in the area of computers and computer law, and it is evident in this book. Wallace and Mangan do not just ponder the question of censorship, they offer a number of interesting solutions that avoid trampling all over guarantees of freedom of speech, press, and religion. The book has numerous stories, as well as fascinating details of earlier legislation struggles ...
- 133: Against Censoring Harmless Obscene Language
- ... walk away, dance a jig while singing the theme to "Barney", or all three at once. I don't care. There is only one concept that can even begin to argue for the side of censorship and that is morality in conjunction with personal feelings. However, that is not good enough because no one has the same personal feelings on morality, and no one can compete with the law. As long ... can attempt to change it, but for now the law declares that every person has a right to their freedom of speech, and until that law is changed, which would be unconstitutional to do so, censorship of language is illegal. Unfortunately, no compromise can legally be made on this issue. The only way to legally have forced censorship is to change the law, and in order to do that, the country will need some new congressmen. To put it simply, no one can be forced to censor obscene language until the law ...
- 134: Fahrenheit 451: Predictions
- ... in the early 1950’s it is very understandable that Bradbury’s vision of the future may have been very distorted. Fahrenheit 451 did prove to be a very influential book about social criticism and censorship. Of course the most obvious prediction that was incorrect , and the main point of the whole book, is that in the twenty-fourth century books are forbidden. Society today, if anything promotes the exact opposite ... a machine that was like a dog, used to “sniff out” book hiders and help collect evidence against them. Although Fahrenheit 451’s predictions proved inaccurate the book still provided an influential social criticism of censorship and it’s effects. Which would be a very fake and unhappy world.
- 135: Internet
- ... should be the ones that are responsible for what their children view on the Internet. The net itself can be very valuable if used as a tool for learning. In the group Families Against Internet Censorship, they understand the concept of parental filtering (Censorship 2000). One of the families uses primarily the Internet to home-school their children. When a child signs on to the web, he or she has almost infinite resources right at the ends of their ...
- 136: Stalin and The Soviet Union
- ... and other telecommunications systems far exceeded the government’s supply of these services; instead, the state gave precedence to the development needs of the national economy. The Soviet regime built on the tsarist tradition of censorship of books and publications, imbuing it with greater rigor and fervor. The main screening board for all media was the Main Administration for Safeguarding State Secrets in the Press, known by its Russian acronym of ... up in political power struggles, conveying the positions of rival patrons. Liberalization in the mass media was the gist of the policy of glasnost&rsquo (Russian for "openness" or "candor") that Gorbachev articulated after 1985. Censorship was greatly eased, investigative journalism was applauded, and independent newspapers and journals came forth for the first time since the early 1920s. I Currency and Trade The Russian ruble lost almost all value during the ...
- 137: What Are You Watching
- ... rating. Proponents of the system say that it will enable parents to protect their children from viewing violent and explicit material. Opponents say it violates the First Amendment rights of the broadcasters, and enforces government censorship on the television industry. Even though the President has already signed the V-chip legislation into law, it remains at the heart of a heated political battle. The strongest objection raised to the V-chip by its opponents is that it violates the First Amendment Rights of the broadcasters. They claim that the government is imposing a system of censorship that will lead to "blander" and "less dramatic" television (“V-Chip: A Matter of Law” 21). Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who spearheaded the drive for the V-chip, argues that there is nothing in ...
- 138: TV Trash?
- ... time television talk shows” (29). His rightwing, conservative attitude would say that we should ban all daytime talk shows to eliminate the problem in our society. Now if this would happen it would be called censorship and with that word will came a lot of trouble. Could banning all daytime talk shows infringe on our 1st amendment rights. Something Bennett could have overlooked. In “Bring in the Noise” Ellen Willis writes ... talk shows from time to time and I get no moral justification or cultural influence. I watch the shows because they’re fun to watch and are strictly there for entertainment. With the thought of censorship, where would it stop at our daytime TV shows or go right straight through to our movies. There are a lot more problems concerning our culture other then the shows we watch. As far as ...
- 139: Fahreheit 451
- Fahrenheit 451 is a literary work of art. It is a novel about censorship and one mans fight against it. The story was written in the fifties, but is set in the future. Ray Bradbury s prediction of what the future will be like is precise in some aspects ... scenes. Fahrenheit 451 has become one of my favorite books to read and I recommend it to anyone. His characters left a lasting imprint on how I think about the future, the government, and about censorship.
- 140: Does The Mass Media Cause Undesireable Social Consequences With Specific Reference To Pornography
- ... their displeasure with the sexist ad; and this is precisely why male stereotyping in the media often goes unnoticed. Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. It should be well noted, however, that paperback romance novels, which make up an incredible 40% of total paperback sales (Gerbner 1988:15), depicts males ... Hawkins, Zimring, 1988. 5. Advertising, World Book Encyclopedia 1990, New York, Nault. 6. Pornography, Encarta Encyclopedia 1995, New York, Microsoft. 7. The Question of Pornography, Donnerstein, Linz, Penrod, 1987, pp.152-153. 8. Pornography and Censorship, Bullough, a1983, pp.255-261.
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